Installation guide

postupgrade considerations for vCenter
Server 55
privileges, datastores 62
process for upgrading 15–17
ProxyServer 101
R
RemoteDepot 101
requirements for virtual machines 34
requirements for vSphere Client 34
restore ESX 81
restoring the ESXi configuration 81
restoring VirtualCenter 2.x 59
rollback-to-esx3 command 79, 80
rolling back an ESX upgrade 79, 80
rolling back an ESX/ESXi upgrade 80
rolling back an ESXi update 81, 102
rpm installer 88
RSA 36
S
SAS disks 30, 31
SATA disks 27, 30, 31
scan hosts 100
scenarios 15, 37, 84
schema changes 45
SCSI 27, 30, 31
SCSI disks 27
services, VMware Tools 83, 84
Solaris guest, VMware Tools upgrade 91
specifications
ESXi hardware requirements 30, 31
performance recommendations 29–31
SQL Server, changing the computer name 42
SSL certificates 24, 52, 55
static IP addresses 67
supported upgrades, ESX 70
system requirements
updates 66, 100
vCenter Server database 40
T
tar installer 89
TCP/IP 38
technical support 9
U
uninstall update 104
uninstalling, the license server 79
Update Manager 11, 66, 67
updates
apply to hosts 100
best practices 99
download 100
system requirements 66, 100
uninstall 104
upgrade
changes in this release 11
in place 16, 17
migration 18, 20, 22, 23
of hosts 67
process 15–17
virtual machines 84
VMware Tools 83, 84
upgrade for datastores 12
upgrade on new hardware, vCenter Server 41
upgrade scenarios 15, 37, 84
upgrade support for ESX 70
upgrade the database 47
upgrade virtual hardware 95
upgrade VMotion 20
upgrade VMware Tools, automatic 93
upgrade VMware Tools, Linux (on X) 87
upgrade VMware Tools, Linux (rpm installer) 88
upgrade VMware Tools, Linux (tar installer) 89
upgrade VMware Tools, Microsoft Windows 86
upgrade VMware Tools, Netware 92
upgrade VMware Tools, Solaris 91
upgrades, best practices 99
upgrading
datastore permissions 61
ESX 73
ESXi 75
licensing 13
network permissions 61
stage 1 37, 43
stage 4 84
support 70
to vCenter Server 45
vCenter Server 37
vCenter Server database 38
vCenter Server on a different machine 49
virtual machines 12
vSphere Client 37
upgrading virtual hardware 96
USB media 29
use cases 15
UserSettingsDirectory 101
utilities, VMware Tools 83, 84
V
vCenter Server
database upgrade 47
hardware requirements 32
Index
VMware, Inc. 109